It is now time to switch to a new Money AM football blog as the world cup is now over and we all look to the future.....World cup 2010 is over, Bravo Espana, and Forlan, once again and bring on the new season !.....I never expected the last thread to be such a success...thanks all.... so this new one might go on for years without the need to edit the title...we shall see...

Lampard out as well.....now Rooney might have to be more in the midfield....

Another win......can't say they played well...but they are now in a winning mood...and that matters.....England might just beat France in the first game this time if they play to their full potential even without Rooney for this game....the thing is to improve with every game.....and they might just do that....

I think England can win this group.....this time we are underdogs which is just great;....no shouts from anybody .......just perfect......but we are seriously dangerous in attack...with a solid defense it seems......I hope Steven Gerrard goes out there with a midfield with a fearsome attitude to win.
We might and that's and if : bump into Ireland or Croatia in the second round....strong possibility of Spain winning their group if they beat Italy in their first game.....with them being defeated 3-0 at home by Russia ...it's possible...Italian football in crisis at the moment with scandals and such...(never underestimate their powers of recovery though)....remember world cup 1982 when they were crap in the opening exchanges only to lift the trophy a few weeks later...so I'll stick my neck out and tip England for a semifinal place this year...perhaps more....they could just click.....the Chelsea success continuing perhaps ?....I wouldn't go as far as that at this present moment but there are always surprises at these european finals.
Mexico 2-0 up against Brazil (game not finished yet).....now there's a side I would love to see lift the world cup one day......they are so difficult to play against in my opinion ....

I hope England get stuffed , Terry has a nightmare and Rio captians Team GB to gold (Bellamy gets the winner).

Come..come Dilboy.....deep down I'm sure you're an England fan at heart !.....you'll be cheering the lads on as well...(:))).....

I support France :-)

I see that Alan Shearer is the only one that is tipping England to reach the semis.....I really think that it's a possibility......I think that they can "click" and win that first game.....good defending and sharp counterattacking might be the answer and keeping the yellow card count low at the same time......Spain look the strongest but there are always surprises at the Euros.....Spain was a surprise four years ago....Greece even more so before that....Denmark in 1992.....the Germans will be strong as well as the Dutch.....for England : a lot depends on that Spain-Italy game in the other group and of course this match against France.....it just might be our turn to win.....they are hardly the same side they were with Zidane and Henry and others now.....and I reckon that we have quite a few good goalscorers in our ranks !....at a guess we can grab at least 2 goals....perhaps 3.....

Wishful thinking required field.

England are fielding their weakest team since who knows when. The failed golden generation has mostly come and gone and by Gerrard's own admission, there were not at all golden. So, England like the rest will always have a chance to make the semi, but in comparison to Spain, Germany, Holland, they're not in the same league.

Oh come on RF.. your be telling us next you've got money on them

stick to your guns rf ... they laffed at me when I said Wales would win the rugby Grand Slam last year and in 2008 and in 2005 but I was right !!


Got it wrong every other year since this BB started though but I tend to forget them :)

Anyway , more importantly Cardiff (blooooooobirds) now play in fecking red !!!!!

With a dragon on the shirt !.....anyway I have £70 on an England win......fingers crossed...

Another potential blow for England's chances: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18352148

To win what? Please tell me it's not the tournament -):

Sad for Jermaine Defoe.....he's gone through difficult times.....he'll be back with the squad later.....

Just the one game against France.....a bit risky I must say as we shall need a couple of goals against them I'm sure.....also a bet on Holland against Denmark in their first game.....everbody is forgetting about Russia.....and the tournament is held on their doorstep........bound to be loads of Russian supporters for their games !....I think England will do well this year....counterattacking like Chelsea might be the best solution.....

Phew! Oh good -): Not really up with international Footy so don't know the strength of the Swedes and Ukrainians, but have seen England on the TV occasionally. Roy Hodgson getting more then his fair share of players pulling out through injury etc. so think it will be very surprising to me if they achieve much in the tournament. However we shall see.

The thing is that there is strength in the squad, Rooney will play later and Defoe will add to the squad later,.....France will not be easy but if Carroll hits top form with Young and Gerrard clicking in midfield and a strong defense mustered by Terry....might surprise a few people.....a draw would be good as well...but a win would really set them up nicely....even if we went behind : I can see us coming back !...

Right eyes down chaps, nearly the start of 12 consecutive days of two games each day.

Well Denmark is the first surprise....Holland did not play well it seems....they will play a lot better against the Germans that's for sure.....that game could go any way....Germany not certain of winning that .....now can the Irish spring a surprise ?....